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Thanks to sci-fi films and general pop-culture fascination we're all familiar with the supermassive black holes floating out there in space. Die-hard black hole fans might also know there are smaller, stellar-mass black holes that exist as well. But…

The drop in human activity due to coronavirus lockdowns has quieted noise levels in big cities and left streets eerily empty. The silence is deafening — or, at the very least, measurable, according to geoscientists reporting from the U.S. and…

The Zoom iOS app is quietly sending user information to Facebook, Motherboard reports, and it's doing so even if you don't have a Facebook account. The data includes information about when a user starts the app, what kind of device they use, where…

DoNotPay, a chatbot that provides help with legal issues, can now assist users with obtaining deadline extensions on bills due to financial strain caused by coronavirus. The app will automatically pinpoint where the user lives, check if there are…

Invasive species typically get a bad rap for destroying local ecosystems. For decades, the same was thought to be true of a herd of hippos in Colombia descended from Pablo Escobar's personal zoo. But a study that was recently published in the…

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg said today she believes she caught COVID-19 during a trip around Central Europe with her father. For the past two weeks she has isolated herself from her family after feeling light symptoms. "I was feeling…

Just because we're all holed up in our apartments alone for the foreseeable future doesn't mean game nights have to end. There are plenty of video games to play with friends online, and many of them don't require any high-end, fancy gaming…

Kids aren't the only ones who can take online classes during our coronavirus-riddled time. Ivy League schools in the U.S. are offering 450 free courses for any adults who have spare time while trapped at home. And according to some of the reviews,…

Apple cores tossed out of car windows are ruining native apple trees in Scotland, according to a study by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. In an article reported by The Telegraph, a team of scientists found that more than half…

Quarantines and 'shelter in place' orders aren't just testing the infrastructure of cities — they're testing the infrastructure of online gaming, too. As folks find themselves stuck at home for days, weeks, or maybe even months on end, many are…

The video game industry, like pretty much every other industry, is facing massive disruption due to coronavirus. Last month, the Game Developers Conference was postponed with the hope to reconvene "later in the summer," and yesterday the organizers…

Whisper, the app that claims to be a safe haven for anonymous secrets, has been leaving its users' data exposed to possible blackmailers and bad actors. Cybersecurity researchers found they could easily access almost 900 million user records that…

In 15 years, the Amazon rainforest may lose its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The forest in the Amazon has declined more rapidly than other tropical forests in the world, reported a team of researchers, and the trees…

Disinfectant wipes are flying off the shelves in some stores due to coronavirus fears, but there's a decent reason why people should use at least one of the cleaning wipes for their smartphones. Mobile devices, according to researchers, can become a…

Australia's bushfire nightmare is finally coming to an end. After 240 days of fire fighting, enduring thick smoke, and watching homes and animals go up in flames, the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service has declared that there are no more…

Apple secretly throttled its iPhones to extend the battery life of their aging phones, a lawsuit has found, and a proposed class-action settlement calls for the company to compensate current and former iPhone users for the deception. The…

Over 23 billion plastic bags are used each year in the state of New York, and officials with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are trying to change that. Starting March 1, the Bag Waste Reduction Law will take effect to reduce…

Every now and then, the Earth attracts a small asteroid or two with its gravity, bringing the occasional rocky friend into its orbit. Most of these hard-to-see space chunks don't stay long; they usually hang out only for a bit before leaving. So…

Yes, the seagulls are targeting your food, and now you've got scientific research to support your suspicions. A recently published study has found that a species of seagulls, the Herring Gull, seemed to favor food that a human had touched.…